Data & Assessment: Your Online Experience

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  • Course Navigation
  • Course Netiquette
  • Minimum Tech Skills
  • Mobile Technology
  • Enabling Mixed Content

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Course Navigation - Video

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Course Netiquette

Working and learning online requires certain behaviors that are known as etiquette -- netiquette on the net. The following are expectations for our Digital Teaching and Learning Division courses:

  1. Treat all participants with respect: fellow participants, facilitators, etc.
  2. Avoid using ALL CAPS as it can be interpreted to mean that you are YELLING!
  3. Be careful with personal information -- both yours and fellow participants.
  4. Remember that everyone is learning. Your responses to discussion board topics should be respectful and should further the learning conversation.
  5. In discussion board posts and learning conversations, do NOT monopolize conversations. Be sure that all individuals have an equitable opportunity to participate and share.
  6. Please respond to all inquiries from instructors or fellow students within a timely period (usually 24 hours).
  7. Be aware that communicating online is different from communicating in person. As a result, carefully read your written communications so that your communications are not misconstrued by others. Keep in mind the importance of tone and diction and the role of connotations in your communications.
  8. Remember that there is a human at the end of every communication that you send. Communicate in ways that are professional and respect the dignity of others.
  9. Consider differences in opinions as an opportunity for growth and self-reflection. While disagreements may be expected, respond in a manner that values the ideas of others.
  10. Communications should be substantial in amount and demonstrate the presence of critical thinking. Responding with a simple “I agree” may not demonstrate critical thinking. Include a more substantive response that incorporates critical thinking that engages others in the communication.

Minimum Tech Skills

To participate in this online professional learning experience, you should have, at minimum, the following technical skills:

  1. Ability to log in to a computer and access the Internet
  2. Ability to use an updated web browser for searching information, accessing various online applications, navigating, and using multimedia applications in a web browser
  3. Ability to use and access such productivity tools as Microsoft Office, Open Office, Google Drive for word processing, presentation creation, and spreadsheet manipulation

Mobile Technology

This professional learning can also be accessed with mobile devices such as tablets and mobile phones.

iOS users (iPhones / iPads): visit the App Store and download the Canvas App. The following web browsers are recommended on iOS devices:

  • Safari
  • Google Chrome
  • Photon Flash Player (supports flash)

Android users: visit the Google Play Store and download the Canvas App. The following web browsers are recommended on Android devices:

  • Internet Explorer
  • Firefox
  • Google Chrome

Be advised that some mobile browsers do not support Flash applications. 

Some features may not display properly--videos, learning objects, third-party tools. When that occurs, you will need to enable mixed content.